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Transportation Tuesday TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY DRIVE AT THE RIGHT SPEED FOR THE CONDITIONS HIGHWAY, TOWN, RESIDENTIAL THIS IS A LIMIT NOT A TARGET 120 KPH.

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1 Transportation Tuesday TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY DRIVE AT THE RIGHT SPEED FOR THE CONDITIONS HIGHWAY, TOWN, RESIDENTIAL THIS IS A LIMIT NOT A TARGET 120 KPH 50 KPH

2 Transportation Tuesday IF A CHILD RUNS OUT SUDDENLY where would you stop? AT 48 KPH (30 mph) (usual residental speed limit) You could have stopped in front of the first child.

3 Transportation Tuesday AT 56 KPH (35 mph) You would not only hit the first child, you would still be doing more than 20 kph when you hit the second child. Driving 8 kph faster means it takes the average car a total of 29m (96 feet) to stop. Less than 50 kph might feel slow … but only until someone steps out in front of you.

4 Transportation Tuesday usual residential speed limit TYPICAL STOPPING DISTANCES thinking distance braking distance 9m14m 23m (75 feet) 6 car lengths 53m (175 feet) 13 car lengths 15m38m 36m (120 feet) 9 car lengths 12m24m 73m (240 feet) 18 car lengths 18m55m 21m75m at 120 kph it will take you 96m to stop a car 96m (315 feet) 24 car lengths

5 Transportation Tuesday It doesn’t matter how good a driver you are. The faster you go, the longer it takes you to stop.


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